Since most berries don't stay fresh for very long after they've been harvested and this poses logistical challenges for retailers, they are also relatively expensive during harvest time. On the other hand, you can enjoy fresh berries from your own garden for weeks, freshly picked from the bed or from the bush.

Raspberries gradually ripen

The delicious variety of sweet and sour berries

There are many different types of berries for almost every taste, from sour to sweet. The most important types of berries for the garden include:

  • strawberries
  • gooseberries
  • currants
  • elderberries
  • raspberries
  • blackberries

While almost all of the fruits of some berries (e.g. gooseberries) ripen more or less at the same time, the gradually ripening raspberries and blackberries, for example, can be harvested fresh from the plants over a period of several weeks.

Harvest all summer long with a thoughtful choice of plants

Most types of berries have different varieties with quite different harvest times. For example, you can cultivate early, mid-early and late currant varieties next to each other in a bucket on the balcony or in the garden bed and thus harvest fresh currants from June to August.

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You can make the most of the space in your garden for growing berries by growing different types of berries on different tiers. For example, you can combine strawberries, standard currants and blackberries tied to a trellis in a relatively small area.

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Vegetable garden